Sheet-metal pocket tobacco-box.



PATENTED JUN E 9390a.

W. J. CHAMBERS SHEET METAL POCKET TOBACCO BOX.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 12, 1907 WW. Z7W

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. CHAMBERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL POCKET TOBACCO-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed July 12,1907. Serial No. 383,375.

sheet metal receptacles, and more particu-.

larly to the construction of pocket boxes for tobacco'and other articles.

My invention consists in a sheet metal box having a body of suitable size and shape for carrying in the pocket, and provided with countersunk heads double seamed to the body to give the same round smooth corners, free from sharp edges or angles, the countersunk portion of the top head having a pouring opening therein at one end, and furnished with a depressed channel and a transverse slot to receive the shank of aclosure slide, and also inwardly projecting integral li s or guides. for holding and guiding the sli e in place, and a closure slide fitting on the inner side of the top head and having its shank projecting through the transverse'slot therein to enable the slide to be conveniently opened and closed; the slide beingremovable from or ap licable to the countersunk head before the liead is seamed to the body, by simply slipping its wider portion towards one enduntil the same clears the guide lips, and said inside fitting closure slide being irremovable from the top head after said head has once been seamed to the body, so that the seam uniting the head to the body cooperates to prevent the removal of the closureslide. I

My invention further consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described. v

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification Fi ure 1 is atop or plan view of a sheet meta pocket tobacco ox embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

zontal section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5

is a detail lan view of the closure slide, and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 4 is a hori- A head is seamed to the body, the closure slide being shown drawn out so that the wider portion of the closure slide will clear the guide lips on the top head.

In the drawing A represents the sheet metal body of the box, having an internally projecting lock side seam a, so that the exterior surface of the box body will be smooth and free from ribs or projections. The box body has an inner upright flatside a, an outer curved wall a and rounded or .curved end walls a, a to give the body of the box a wide narrow shape suitable for fitting in the hi lagor other pocket.

is the countersunk top head of the box, A

and C the similarly countersunk bottom head.

The countersunk top head B has a 1 countersink wall or upright flange b fitting snugly within the upper end of the body A, and is secured thereto by a double or other folded seam 0;. And the bottom head Chas a similar countersink wall 0, andis likewise secured to the body A at its lower end by an externally folded double seam a thus providing the box with smooth round corners at J I both ends, free from any sharp edges or angles.

The countersunk top head B has at one I end of its countersunk ortion O ourin openings B ,-suri'ounder at the shes and curved end by a horizontal ledge or flange b to serve as a flat face or hearing for the marinal portion of the closure slide D, which fits and reciprocates on the inside of the countersunk top head B. The central fiat portion 1) of the top head B is provided with a longitudinal depression 6 to receive the shank portion d of the closure slide, which projects throu h the transverse slot 6 in the to head B. The top head Bis-further pro- Vl( ed with two inwardly projectin integral guide lips I b, one on each side of t e closure slide D, and located adjacent to the inner end of the pouring opening B, so that when the slide D is moved to the limit of its open in movement the guide lips 12 will still pro er y engage and hold in place the closure sli e,

and so that when the slide is moved in the o posite direction the wider portion of the cibsure slide will clear said lips and thus permit said slide to be readily removed from the top head or ap lied thereto before such head is secured to t e body of the box, as will be I readily understood from Fig.- 6 of the drawing/which is a bottom view of the top-head I etf uals the width of t e countersunk portion 0 the to head, so that the upright walls of the box 0d will serve as further uides to the margina ed es of the closure shde.

The shank d o the closure slide which proects through the transverse slot 1) in the top head B, is

provided with a transverse rol fold, shoulder, or thumb piece d for convenience in opening and closing the slide with the thumb or finger. The transverse slot 6 in the top head is made wide. enough to receive the roll or folded endd of the closureslide.

In operation the closure slide is first applied to the to head in the manner indicated y Fig. 6, an before the top head is seamed to the body, and then the top head is seamed to the body of the box, after which the slide is irremovable without destroying the box, as the guide and holding lips for the closure slide are u on the inside of the top head, and consequen ly cannot be got at to unclench them or bend them outward. The box is filled with tobacco before last one of the two heads B or C is seamed to the body. And as the pouring opening is comparatively small,

. so that the box cannot be practically or conveniently filled with tobacco through the pouring opening, it will be understood that my im rov ed box is of a practically nonrefillab e construction, and is, therefore, specially adapted for use as a tobacco package, requiring application and cancellation of revenue stamps at the tobacco factory.

I claim:

1. A sheet metal pocket box having a thin wide body with curved walls a at its upright ed es, and countersunk top and bottom hea s fitting within the ends of the body and irremovably seamed thereto, said top head bein provided with a pouring o ening at one end t ereof and a transverse s ot at its middle ortion, and a closure slide on the inside of said top having a shank projecting through a transverse slot in the top head,

said top head having inwardly projecting lips engaging said slide for holding and guiding the same, substantially asspecified.

2. A sheet metal pocket box having a thin wide body with curved walls a? at its upright edges, and countersunk'top and bottom heads fitting within the ends of the body and irremovably seamed thereto, said top head being provided with a pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at its middle portion, and a closure slide on the inside of'said top havin a shank projecting through a transverse s ot in the top head,

said top head having inwardly projecting lips'engaging said slide for holding and guiding the same, said top head being also provided with a longitudinally extending channel or de ression to receive the shank of the closure side, substantially as specified.

3. A sheet metal pocket'box having a thinv wide body with curved walls 0, at its u right edges, and countersunk top and bottom eads fittin within the ends of the body and irremova ly seamed thereto, said top head being provided with a pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at its middle portion, and a closure slide on the inside-of said top having a shank projecting through a transverse slot in the top head, said top head having inwardly projecting lips engaging said slide for hOl(llI1 and guiding the same, said top head being also provided with a longitudinally extending channel or depression to receive the sh'ank of the closure slide, and .the shank ofthe closure slide having a curved flange at its end, substantially as specified.

4. In a sheet metal box, the combination ,with the body, a head seamed thereto and furnished with a pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at lts middle portion, of'a closure slide fitting on the inside of said head and having a shank projecting through said transverse slot in said head, said closure slide being applicable to saidhead beforethe head is seamed to the body and irremovable therefrom after the head is seamed to the body, substantially as specified.

5. In a sheet metal box, the combination with the body, a head seamed thereto and furnished with a pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at its middle v portion, of a closure slide fitting on the inside of said head and having a shank projecting through said transverse slot in said head, said closure slide being applicable to said head before the head is seamed to the body and irremovable therefrom after the head is scanned to the body, and integral guide lips on the inside of said head for said slide, substantially as specified.

. 6. In a sheet metal box, the combination with the body, a head seamed thereto and furnished with a pouring opening at one end' thereof and a transverse slot at its middle portion, of a closure slide fitting on the inside of said head and having a shank projecting through said transverse slot in said head, said closure slide being applicable to said head be-' fore the head is seamed to the body and irremovable therefrom after the head is seamed to the body, and integral guide lips on the inside of said head for said slide, said head having a longitudinal channel or depression to receive and guide the shank of said slide, substantially as specified.

7. A sheet metal pocket tobacco box, having a flat back wall, a curved front wall and curved edge walls, and provided with countersunk heads irremovably seamed to the ends of said body one of said heads having-a pouring opening at one end thereof, and a transverse slot at its middle portion and provided with inwardly projecting guide lips adjacent to said pouring opening, and a long ongitudinally reciprocating slide extending through said transverse slot and fitting partly inside and artly outside said head, said slide being wi( er at its inside'fitting portion than at its outside fitting portion, substantially as specified. p

8. Asheet metal pocket tobacco box, having a flat back wall, a curved front wall and curved edge Walls, and provided with countersunk heads irremovably seamed to the ends of said body, one of said heads having a small pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at its middle portion and a slide for closing it, said slide having a wide portion fitting inside said headand a narrow portion fitting outside said head substantially as specified.

9. In a sheet metal box, the combination with a top head having a pouring o )ening at one end thereof and a transverse s 0t at its middle portion, of a closure slide on the inside of said top head having a shank projecting through said transverse slot in said head, and

saidhead having integral inwardly project ing lips engaging said slide for guiding and holding the same, substantially as specified.

10. In a sheet metal box, the combination with a longitudinal channel to receive said shank, substantially as specified.

11. In a sheet metal box, the combination with a top head having a pouring opening at one end thereof and a transverse slot at its middle portion, of a closure slide on the inside of said top head havinga shank projecting through said transverse slot in said head,

said head having integral inwardly projecting lips engaging said slide for guidingand holding the same, and said shank having a curved flange at its end, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM J. CHAMBERS.

Witnesses;

H. M. MUNDAY, Enw. S. EVARTS. 

